Hoisting and conveying apparatus



(No Model.)

Patented July 17, 1888.

N. PETERS. Photo-Lnhogripher, Washmgtcu, D. C.

GEORGE F. HAMMOND, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HOISTING AND CONVEYING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,430, dated July 1'7, 1888.

Application tiled November 1, 1887.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. IIAMMOND, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hoisting and Conveying Ap mratus; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in hoisting and conveying apparatus designed more especially for conveying freight, baggage, &c., for instance, from basement to sidewalk, and vice versa, in which a car operating on an inclined track is actuated directly from the piston-rod of an inclined water-cylinder, to the end that a cheap, simple, and convenient apparatus is had for the purpose aforesaid.

\Vith these objects in view my invention consists in certain features of construction and in combination of parts, hereinafter de scribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section. Fig. 2 is an end view of the car.

A represents the line of the sidewalk, and B the basement-floor.

O is an inclined track leading from the sidewalk, preferably to a point so far below the basement floor that the platform of car 1) will be approximately llush with the basementtloor when the car is at its lower terminus.

E is a water cylinder set in a pit below the floor and in the inclined position shown, the axial line of the cylinder being parallel to the line of the track. The cylinder is provided with piston e and piston-rod e, thelatter eonnecting, preferably, with the depending arm (I of the car. The cylinder is provided with Serial No. 254,317. (No model.)

suitable valve mechanism not shown) of on dinary construction for discharging water to and from the cylinder. At suitable intervals hangers G may be suspended from the track, said hangers carrying rollers F for supporting the piston-rod in case the latter be of extreme length. The cylinder and piston-rod are of course long enough to accommodate the travel of the car. The space between piers H and underneath the track may be closed, and this space above the track may be provided with doors to accommodate the passage of the car, so that baggage or freight is at once carried under cover, a matter of no small importance, especially in stormy or freezing weather.

What I claim is- 1,. The co111bination,with inclinedtrack and ear adapted for traveling thereon, of a watercylinder, the piston-rod ol' the latter being connected with the car, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination,with inclined track,car, water-cylinder and pistoirrod, substantially as in dicatcd,ot' hangers supported from the track, said hangers carrying rollers for supporting the piston-rod, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination, with inclined track extending from the sidewalk to below the basement-floor and a car foro 'ierating on the track, of a water-cylinder having its axial line parallel with the line of the track, the piston of such water-cylinder connected with the car for actuating the latter, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereoflsign thisspecification, in the presence of two witncsess, this 10th day September, 1887.

GEORGE E. HAMMOND.

Witnesses:

CHAS. H. DORER, ALBERT E. LYNCH.

El if 

